AB245-engrossed,18,86 33.01 (9) (am) 1. A person whose name appears as an owner of real property
7on the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before
8the 3rd Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245-engrossed,18,129 2. The spouse of a person whose name appears as an owner of real property on
10the tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the
113rd Monday in December of the previous year if the spouse is referred to on that tax
12roll.
AB245-engrossed,14 13Section 14 . 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,18,1614 33.01 (9) (ar) 1. The person's name appears as an owner of real property on the
15tax roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
16Monday in December of the previous year.
AB245-engrossed,15 17Section 15 . 33.01 (9) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,18,2018 33.01 (9) (b) 1. Whose name appears as an owner of real property on the tax
19roll under s. 70.65 (2) (a) 1. that was delivered under s. 74.03 on or before the 3rd
20Monday in December of the previous year; or
AB245-engrossed,15f 21Section 15f. 40.02 (48) (b) 5. of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act
224
, is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,19,1123 40.02 (48) (b) 5. A “county jailer" is an employee of a county whose principal
24duties involve supervising, controlling, or maintaining a jail or house of correction
25or the persons confined in a jail, as assigned by the sheriff under s. 59.27 (1), or the

1persons confined in a house of correction, as assigned by a county board of
2supervisors under s. 303.17,
regardless of whether the employee has been sworn
3regarding his or her duties or whether the employee serves on a full-time basis,
4provided the department receives notification of the participant's name as provided
5in s. 40.06 (1) (d) and (dm). Notwithstanding par. (a), an employer may classify an
6employee who is a county jailer as a protective occupation participant under par. (am)
723. without making a determination that the principal duties of the employee involve
8active law enforcement or active fire suppression or prevention. A determination
9under this subdivision may not be appealed under s. 40.06 (1) (e) or (em). A county
10jailer is not a protective occupation participant if he or she so elects with the employer
11under s. 59.52 (8m) or 2023 Wisconsin Act 4.
AB245-engrossed,15m 12Section 15m. 40.21 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,19,1613 40.21 (7) (b) Any municipal employer, other than a 1st class city or county with
14a population of at least 750,000,
that elects to be included within the provisions of
15the Wisconsin Retirement System under sub. (1) on or after March 2, 2016, may
16choose not to include any of its public utility employees.
AB245-engrossed,16 17Section 16 . 49.45 (51) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245-engrossed,17 18Section 17 . 59.52 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,19,2419 59.52 (25) Advisory and contingent referenda. The board may conduct a
20countywide referendum for advisory purposes or for the purpose of ratifying or
21validating a resolution adopted or ordinance enacted by the board contingent upon
22approval in the referendum. The board may not conduct a referendum for advisory
23purposes, except for an advisory referendum regarding capital expenditures
24proposed to be funded by the county property tax levy.
AB245-engrossed,18m 25Section 18m. 59.605 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,20,7
159.605 (3) (c) 1. If a county transfers to another governmental unit
2responsibility for providing any service that the county provided in the preceding
3year, the levy rate limit otherwise applicable under this section to the county in the
4current year is decreased to reflect the cost that the county would have incurred to
5provide that service, as determined by the department of revenue. The levy rate limit
6adjustment under this subdivision applies only if the county and transferee
7governmental unit file a notice of service transfer with the department of revenue.
AB245-engrossed,20,148 2. If a county increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility
9for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit in any year,
10the levy rate limit otherwise applicable under this section to the county in the current
11year is increased to reflect the cost of that service, as determined by the department
12of revenue. The levy rate limit adjustment under this subdivision applies only if the
13county and transferor governmental unit file a notice of service transfer with the
14department of revenue.
AB245-engrossed,19 15Section 19 . 59.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,20,2116 59.875 (2) (a) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system
17of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement
18entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. pars. (b), and
19(c),
employees shall pay half of all actuarially required normal cost contributions for
20funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf
21of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.
AB245-engrossed,20 22Section 20 . 59.875 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,21,323 59.875 (2) (c) In any employee retirement system of a county that has elected
24to become a participating employer under the Wisconsin Retirement System under
25s. 40.21 (1), except as provided in par. (b), irrespective of the funding status of the

1retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially
2determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee
3contributions.
AB245-engrossed,21 4Section 21 . 59.875 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,21,195 59.875 (4) Amortization period for employer contributions.
6Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1,
72024, in any retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, the
8required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using not more than a
930-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is
10the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the
11Wisconsin Retirement System for participating employees, as defined in s. 40.02
12(46). Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market
13returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard
14actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in
15this subsection shall supersede any amortization period and investment return
16assumption adopted by the retirement system's actuary or retirement board. No
17trustee or administrator of a retirement system of any retirement system established
18under chapter 201, laws of 1937, shall be subject to liability for complying with this
19subsection.
AB245-engrossed,22 20Section 22 . 59.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,21,22 2159.90 Provisions applicable to certain counties with special sales tax
22authority.
All of the following apply to a county in which a 1st class city is located:
AB245-engrossed,21,23 23(1) With regard to the budget of the county, all of the following apply:
AB245-engrossed,22,324 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
25entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups may not be

1greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget
2period. This paragraph does not apply to any expenditure of a county for parks,
3including zoos, or for health or transit services.
AB245-engrossed,22,84 (b) When each department of the county submits estimated revenues and
5expenditures for the ensuing budget period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce
6the department's expenditures for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
7a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
8period.
AB245-engrossed,22,14 9(2) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new
10program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the board.
11This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended to reduce expenditures
12or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different administrative
13structure without increasing expenditures. This subsection does not apply if the
14county is not imposing a tax under s. 77.70 (2) (a).
AB245-engrossed,22,18 15(3) The board may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that increases the
16total number of positions in the county only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the
17members of the board. This subsection does not apply if the county is not imposing
18a tax under s. 77.70 (2) (a).
AB245-engrossed,22,21 19(4) The county shall prepare a report on changes to its compensation plan that
20are necessary and desirable to make the county competitive in the market for
21correctional workers at a sustainable level of funding.
AB245-engrossed,22,25 22(5) The county shall identify all buildings that the county has authority to sell
23and that are not being used by the county and prepare a plan for the use or sale of
24these buildings. The county shall submit that plan to the joint committee on finance
25in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
AB245-engrossed,23,2
1(6) (a) In this subsection, “qualified amount” means the required amount of the
2retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued liability contribution in 2022.
AB245-engrossed,23,53 (b) In any year in which the county imposes a tax under s. 77.70 (2) (a), other
4than the first year in which the tax is imposed, the county shall spend a total of not
5less than the qualified amount on the following:
AB245-engrossed,23,66 1. The Milwaukee County circuit court.
AB245-engrossed,23,77 2. The Milwaukee County secure residential care center for children and youth.
AB245-engrossed,23,98 3. Maintaining or increasing the compensation of Milwaukee County
9correctional workers.
AB245-engrossed,23,1010 4. The Milwaukee County medical examiner.
AB245-engrossed,23 11Section 23 . 60.34 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,23,1412 60.34 (1) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive and take charge of
13all money belonging to the town, or which is required by law to be paid into the town
14treasury, and disburse the money under s. 66.0607.
AB245-engrossed,24 15Section 24 . 60.85 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
AB245-engrossed,25 16Section 25 . 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,23,2017 60.85 (1) (h) 1. c. Real property assembly costs, meaning any deficit incurred
18resulting from the sale or lease as lessor by the town of real or personal property
19within a tax incremental district for consideration which is less than its cost to the
20town.
AB245-engrossed,26 21Section 26 . 60.85 (1) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,23,2322 60.85 (1) (o) “Taxable property" means all real and personal taxable property
23located in a tax incremental district.
AB245-engrossed,27 24Section 27 . 60.85 (5) (j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,24,7
160.85 (5) (j) Upon receiving a written application from the town clerk, in a form
2prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the base
3value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) to
4remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this paragraph
5no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the
6request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year
7following the year in which the request is made.
AB245-engrossed,28 8Section 28 . 61.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,24,109 61.26 (2) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive all moneys belonging
10or accruing to the village or directed by law to be paid to the treasurer.
AB245-engrossed,29 11Section 29 . 61.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,24,1712 61.26 (3) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), deposit upon receipt the funds
13of the village in the name of the village in the public depository designated by the
14board. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be prima facie grounds for
15removal from office. When the money is deposited, the treasurer and bonders are not
16liable for the losses defined by s. 34.01 (2), and the interest shall be paid into the
17village treasury.
AB245-engrossed,30 18Section 30 . 62.09 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,24,2219 62.09 (9) (a) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall collect
20all city, school, county, and state taxes, receive all moneys belonging to the city or
21which by law are directed to be paid to the treasurer, and pay over the money in the
22treasurer's hands according to law.
AB245-engrossed,31 23Section 31 . 62.09 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,25,624 62.09 (9) (e) Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), the treasurer shall deposit
25immediately upon receipt thereof the funds of the city in the name of the city in the

1public depository designated by the council. Such deposit may be in either a demand
2deposit or in a time deposit, maturing in not more than one year. Failure to comply
3with the provisions hereof shall be prima facie grounds for removal from office. When
4the money is so deposited, the treasurer and the treasurer's bonders shall not be
5liable for such losses as are defined by s. 34.01 (2). The interest arising therefrom
6shall be paid into the city treasury.
AB245-engrossed,32 7Section 32 . 62.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,25,148 62.13 (1) Commissioners. Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), (2m), (2s), and
9(8) (b) each city shall have a board of police and fire commissioners consisting of 5
10citizens, 3 of whom shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall annually, between
11the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint in writing to be filed
12with the secretary of the board, one member for a term of 5 years. No appointment
13shall be made which will result in more than 3 members of the board belonging to
14the same political party. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
AB245-engrossed,33 15Section 33 . 62.13 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,25,2416 62.13 (2) (b) A city that creates a joint police or fire department with a village
17under sub. (1m) and s. 61.65 is not required to create a separate board of police and
18fire commissioners under this section. The city shall create a joint board of
19commissioners to govern the joint department, as required in s. 61.65. If the city also
20creates one separate protective services department in addition to the joint
21protective services department, the city shall create a separate board of
22commissioners to govern that department. A city's joint board of commissioners is
23subject to s. 61.65 (3g) (d). A city's separate board of commissioners is subject to this
24section.
AB245-engrossed,34
1Section 34. 62.13 (2m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) (title)
2and amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,26,33 62.13 (1m) (title) Joint departments , contract services.
AB245-engrossed,35 4Section 35 . 62.13 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) and
5amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,26,76 62.13 (1m) A city may create a joint police department or a joint fire
7department, or both, with another city, village, or town.
AB245-engrossed,36 8Section 36 . 62.13 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (2) (c) and
9amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,26,2310 62.13 (2) (c) A city that creates a joint police department or a joint fire
11department, or both, with another city under par. (a) sub. (1m) is not required to
12create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The cities
13shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department. If only
14one joint department is created, each city shall retain its existing board of police and
15fire commissioners to govern the separate department. The cities may jointly
16determine the number of commissioners to be appointed to the joint board by each
17city and the length of the commissioners' terms. A majority of the commissioners is
18a quorum. A joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to
19govern a joint police department is subject to the provisions of subs. (3) to (7n), a joint
20board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint fire
21department is subject to the provisions of subs. (8) to (12) and a joint board of
22commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police and fire
23department is subject to the provisions of subs. (2) to (12).
AB245-engrossed,37 24Section 37 . 62.50 (1h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,28,16
162.50 (1h) Organization. In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there
2shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens,
3not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4, if the board has 9 members, of
4whom shall at any time belong to the same political party. At least one member of
5the board shall be selected from a list submitted under sub. (1j) by the employee
6association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least one
7member shall be selected from a list submitted under sub. (1j) by the employee
8association that represents fire fighters. For an appointment that is required to be
9selected from a list under this subsection, the mayor shall make the appointment
10within 45 days after receiving a list under sub. (1j).
The staff and members of the
11board shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the
12common council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner
13as the salary of other city officials and employees. Except as otherwise provided in
14this subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in s. 59.001
15(2m), of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of
16business. A 3-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority vote,
17a trial described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote, charges
18filed by an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the mayor of the
19city, on or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members of the board,
20designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2 years, 2 to hold
213 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 4 years if the
22board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to
23hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their respective successors shall
24be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of office shall be 5 years from the
252nd Monday in July, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may

1reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7 members by failing to appoint 2 successors
2for individuals whose terms expire at the same time. Every person appointed a
3member of the board shall be subject to confirmation by the common council and
4every appointed member shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and
5subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and
6file the same duly certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city.
7A member of the board may not continue in office after the expiration of his or her
8term unless the member is reappointed to the board and confirmed by the common
9council.
Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member
10appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll
11in a training class that is related to the mission of the board and, not later than the
12first day of the 13th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is
13confirmed by the common council, the member shall complete the class. The training
14class shall be conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this
15subchapter first applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the
16common council.
AB245-engrossed,37m 17Section 37m. 62.50 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,29,418 62.50 (1j) Selection of certain board members. Lists of individuals submitted
19under sub. (1h) by the employee association that represents nonsupervisory law
20enforcement officers and the employee association that represents fire fighters for
21selection shall each contain 3 names. Individuals included in a list under this
22subsection by an employee association that represents nonsupervisory law
23enforcement officers or fire fighters shall have professional law enforcement
24experience or professional fire fighting experience, respectively, and shall be at least
255 years removed from service as a professional law enforcement officer or fire fighter,

1respectively. Individuals included in a list under this subsection shall be residents
2of the 1st class city and may not be currently employed by the 1st class city. A list
3under this subsection shall be provided not more than 3 months after the occurrence
4of a vacancy in a position to be filled by selection from a list under this subsection.
AB245-engrossed,38 5Section 38 . 62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,29,116 62.50 (1m) Policy review. The board shall conduct at least once each year a
7policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of the
8city. The board may prescribe general policies and standards for the departments
9and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy changes.
10board may inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited to
11books and records, required for a review under this section.
AB245-engrossed,39 12Section 39 . 62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245-engrossed,29,1313 62.50 (3) (title) Regulation of the departments.
AB245-engrossed,40 14Section 40 . 62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,29,2015 62.50 (3) (a) The board may prescribe rules for the government of the members
16chief of each department shall establish policies relating to the control and
17management
of each department and may delegate its rule-making authority to the
18chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review,
19modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including,
20but not limited to, any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984
.
AB245-engrossed,41 21Section 41 . 62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,29,2422 62.50 (3) (am) The common council may suspend or modify any rule prescribed
23by the board
policy established under par. (a) only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the
24members of the common council
.
AB245-engrossed,42 25Section 42 . 62.623 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245-engrossed,30,6
162.623 (1) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a
21st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement
3entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. subs. (2), and
4(3)
employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits
5under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee
6any of the employee's share of the required contributions.
AB245-engrossed,43 7Section 43 . 62.623 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,30,148 62.623 (3) In any employee retirement system of a 1st class city that is located
9in a county with a population of more than 750,000 and that has elected to become
10a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1),
11except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), irrespective of the funding status of the
12retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially
13determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee
14contributions.
AB245-engrossed,44 15Section 44 . 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,31,4 1662.625 Amortization period for employer contributions.
17Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1,
182024, in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer
19contribution shall be calculated using not more than a 30-year amortization period
20and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the
21annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System for
22participating employees, as defined in s. 40.02 (46). Future unfunded actuarial
23accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial
24practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The
25amortization period and investment return assumptions in this section shall

1supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by
2the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city. No trustee or
3administrator of a retirement system of a 1st class city shall be subject to liability for
4complying with this section.
AB245-engrossed,45 5Section 45 . 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245-engrossed,31,7 662.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax
7authority.
All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
AB245-engrossed,31,8 8(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply:
AB245-engrossed,31,139 (a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or
10entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups, other than
11a charter school authorized by the common council of the city of Milwaukee under
12s. 118.40, may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted
13expenditures for the budget period.
AB245-engrossed,31,1814 (b) When each department of the 1st class city prepares an estimate of the
15department's needs for the ensuing fiscal period, it shall also provide a proposal to
16reduce the department's budget for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to
17a total of 5 percent of the department's base level for its budget for the current fiscal
18period.
AB245-engrossed,31,24 19(2) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that
20includes new program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members
21of the common council. This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended
22to reduce expenditures or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different
23administrative structure without increasing expenditures. This subsection does not
24apply if the city is not imposing a tax under s. 77.701 (1).
AB245-engrossed,32,4
1(3) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that
2increases the total number of positions in the city only upon a two-thirds vote of all
3of the members of the common council. This subsection does not apply if the city is
4not imposing a tax under s. 77.701 (1).
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